scholarly journals Direct identification of nonlinear structure using Gaussian process prior models

Author(s):  
W. E. Leithead ◽  
E. Solak ◽  
D. J. Leith
2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrance Savitsky ◽  
Marina Vannucci

We expand a framework for Bayesian variable selection for Gaussian process (GP) models by employing spiked Dirichlet process (DP) prior constructions over set partitions containing covariates. Our approach results in a nonparametric treatment of the distribution of the covariance parameters of the GP covariance matrix that in turn induces a clustering of the covariates. We evaluate two prior constructions: the first one employs a mixture of a point-mass and a continuous distribution as the centering distribution for the DP prior, therefore, clustering all covariates. The second one employs a mixture of a spike and a DP prior with a continuous distribution as the centering distribution, which induces clustering of the selected covariates only. DP models borrow information across covariates through model-based clustering. Our simulation results, in particular, show a reduction in posterior sampling variability and, in turn, enhanced prediction performances. In our model formulations, we accomplish posterior inference by employing novel combinations and extensions of existing algorithms for inference with DP prior models and compare performances under the two prior constructions.


2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (02) ◽  
pp. 393-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Sly

Multifractional Brownian motion is a Gaussian process which has changing scaling properties generated by varying the local Hölder exponent. We show that multifractional Brownian motion is very sensitive to changes in the selected Hölder exponent and has extreme changes in magnitude. We suggest an alternative stochastic process, called integrated fractional white noise, which retains the important local properties but avoids the undesirable oscillations in magnitude. We also show how the Hölder exponent can be estimated locally from discrete data in this model.


1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (03) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
P. Tautu ◽  
G. Wagner

SummaryA continuous parameter, stationary Gaussian process is introduced as a first approach to the probabilistic representation of the phenotype inheritance process. With some specific assumptions about the components of the covariance function, it may describe the temporal behaviour of the “cancer-proneness phenotype” (CPF) as a quantitative continuous trait. Upcrossing a fixed level (“threshold”) u and reaching level zero are the extremes of the Gaussian process considered; it is assumed that they might be interpreted as the transformation of CPF into a “neoplastic disease phenotype” or as the non-proneness to cancer, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 134 (11) ◽  
pp. 1708-1715
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Hachino ◽  
Kazuhiro Matsushita ◽  
Hitoshi Takata ◽  
Seiji Fukushima ◽  
Yasutaka Igarashi

Author(s):  
Kevin de Vries ◽  
Anna Nikishova ◽  
Benjamin Czaja ◽  
Gábor Závodszky ◽  
Alfons G. Hoekstra

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